Once an operative of a top secret government agency, Jimmy Nash has found a new job with Troubleshooters Inc., a clandestine company that helps anyone in desperate need - which provides a perfect cover for its other, more perilous objective: covert special operations.
Now Nash and a team of expert operators have come in the guise of relief workers to the earthquake-ravaged country of Kazbekistan. There they must track down a missing laptop computer that may hold secrets vital to national security. To fulfill his mission, Nash is not afraid to break the rules, but he may have met his match in Tess Bailey, an operative with all the right instincts. Now these two professionals must play out their dangerous games in the world's most dangerous place - isolated from their own government, cutting deals with people they can't trust, and guarding forbidden passions that threaten to compromise their crucial mission....
Settings Maryland Washington, DC Ensenada, Mexico Kazabek, Kazbekistan San Diego, California
26 Chapters
Character List (view spoiler)[ Recurring Characters Thomas (Tom) Paoletti: Head of Troubleshooters, Inc., a security consulting company. Former Lieutenant Commander, SEAL Team 16. Married to Kelly. Kelly Ashton: Tom's wife, a pediatrician. Alyssa Locke: Executive Officer, Troubleshooters, Inc. Former Navy sniper and FBI agent in the Counterterrorism Unit. She and Sam are married. Roger (Sam) Starrett: Team Leader, Troubleshooters, Inc. Former Lieutenant(jg), SEAL Team 16 leader. He’s now married to Alyssa. Divorced from Mary Lou and father of their daughter, Haley. Mary Lou Starrett: Sam's ex-wife and mother of their daughter, Haley. Haley Starrett: Sam's two-year old daughter. James (Jimmy) Nash: aka Diego. Troubleshooters operative. Former agent with the Agency. Tess Bailey: Troubleshooters operative. Lawrence Decker: Team Leader, Troubleshooters, Inc. Former Navy SEAL, Team One. Sophia Ghaffari: Woman captured by Decker in Kazbekistan. Vinh Murphy: Troubleshooters operative, former Marine. He’s part African American, part Vietnamese. Dave Malkoff: Troubleshooters operative, former CIA agent. Cosmo Richter: Navy SEAL, Team Sixteen. Kenny (WildCard) Karmody: Petty Officer Third Class, SEAL Team 16. He’s a computer specialist. Savannah (Van) von Hopf: Lawyer from New York whose uncle has been abducted in Indonesia. She has blond hair and blue eyes. Her grandmother Rose is a WWII hero. Casper (Jazz) Jacquette: Executive Officer, SEAL Team 16. Danny Gillman: aka Gilligan. Petty Officer, SEAL Team 16. Mark (Jenks) Jenkins: Petty Officer, 2nd Class, SEAL Team 16. Jay Lopez: Medic SEAL Team 16. Mike Muldoon: Ensign, SEAL Team 16. Joan DaCosta: White House public relations assistant. John (Nils) Nilsson: Lieutenant, SEAL Team 16. Language expert. Married to Meg. Frank O'Leary: Chief, SEAL Team 16 sniper. Wayne Jefferson: SEAL Team 16 sniper. Stanley Wolchonok: Senior Chief, SEAL Team 16. He’s married to Teri. Teri Howe: Navy reserves, Lieutenant (jg),helicopter pilot. She’s married to Stan. Kate Takamoto: Navy Lieutenant. Max Bhagat: Head of the FBI Counterterrorism Unit. Gina Vitagliano: College student/drummer on a European trip with her school band mates who was assaulted during the hijacking of her plane home from Greece. Max was the negotiator who created a strong bond with her. Jules Cassidy: FBI agent in the Counterterrorism Unit. Alyssa Locke's partner. Laronda: Max's assistant. George Faulkner: FBI Agent and the son of Rose’s friend. Molly Anderson: Works in a religious mission in Indonesia. Dave Jones/Grady Morant: American expatriate who lives alone in Indonesia near Molly's mission. He owns a plane and is a former Special Forces member and prisoner of war, now on the FBI most wanted list. Larry Tucker: Rear admiral and base commander. Laurel Tucker: Tucker’s wife. Morton (Chip) Crowley: Admiral and commander of Navy Special Warfare Command. Ihbraham Rahman: Gardener and Mary Lou's friend. Ric Alvarado: Tampa police detective. Manuel Conseco: FBI special agent in charge of the Sarasota office. Will Schroeder: Reporter.
Non Recurring Characters Dimitri Ghaffari: Sophia's husband who was murdered by Bashir. Padsha Bashir: Warlord in Kazbekistan. Ma'awiya Talal Sayid: Al-Qaeda leader killed in the earthquake at Kazbekistan. Khalid: Young boy hired to help the operatives. Rivka: Jimmy's long-time contact who is housing the team. Guldana: Rivka's wife, a lawyer. Michel Lartet: French ex-patriot who ran an illegal bar and gambling casino from the basements of his various properties in Kazbekistan. Gus Mondelay: Informant. Asif: Lartet's messenger, a street kid. Leo: Known as Leo the Claw. One of Jimmy's Kazbekistan contacts who tried to double cross him. Brian Underwood: Agency manager. Marge: Khalid's gelding : (hide spoiler)]
Now Nash and a team of expert operators have come in the guise of relief workers to the earthquake-ravaged country of Kazbekistan. There they must track down a missing laptop computer that may hold secrets vital to national security. To fulfill his mission, Nash is not afraid to break the rules, but he may have met his match in Tess Bailey, an operative with all the right instincts. Now these two professionals must play out their dangerous games in the world's most dangerous place - isolated from their own government, cutting deals with people they can't trust, and guarding forbidden passions that threaten to compromise their crucial mission....
Settings
Maryland
Washington, DC
Ensenada, Mexico
Kazabek, Kazbekistan
San Diego, California
26 Chapters
Character List
(view spoiler)[
Recurring Characters
Thomas (Tom) Paoletti: Head of Troubleshooters, Inc., a security consulting company. Former Lieutenant Commander, SEAL Team 16. Married to Kelly.
Kelly Ashton: Tom's wife, a pediatrician.
Alyssa Locke: Executive Officer, Troubleshooters, Inc. Former Navy sniper and FBI agent in the Counterterrorism Unit. She and Sam are married.
Roger (Sam) Starrett: Team Leader, Troubleshooters, Inc. Former Lieutenant(jg), SEAL Team 16 leader. He’s now married to Alyssa. Divorced from Mary Lou and father of their daughter, Haley.
Mary Lou Starrett: Sam's ex-wife and mother of their daughter, Haley.
Haley Starrett: Sam's two-year old daughter.
James (Jimmy) Nash: aka Diego. Troubleshooters operative. Former agent with the Agency.
Tess Bailey: Troubleshooters operative.
Lawrence Decker: Team Leader, Troubleshooters, Inc. Former Navy SEAL, Team One.
Sophia Ghaffari: Woman captured by Decker in Kazbekistan.
Vinh Murphy: Troubleshooters operative, former Marine. He’s part African American, part Vietnamese.
Dave Malkoff: Troubleshooters operative, former CIA agent.
Cosmo Richter: Navy SEAL, Team Sixteen.
Kenny (WildCard) Karmody: Petty Officer Third Class, SEAL Team 16. He’s a computer specialist.
Savannah (Van) von Hopf: Lawyer from New York whose uncle has been abducted in Indonesia. She has blond hair and blue eyes. Her grandmother Rose is a WWII hero.
Casper (Jazz) Jacquette: Executive Officer, SEAL Team 16.
Danny Gillman: aka Gilligan. Petty Officer, SEAL Team 16.
Mark (Jenks) Jenkins: Petty Officer, 2nd Class, SEAL Team 16.
Jay Lopez: Medic SEAL Team 16.
Mike Muldoon: Ensign, SEAL Team 16.
Joan DaCosta: White House public relations assistant.
John (Nils) Nilsson: Lieutenant, SEAL Team 16. Language expert. Married to Meg.
Frank O'Leary: Chief, SEAL Team 16 sniper.
Wayne Jefferson: SEAL Team 16 sniper.
Stanley Wolchonok: Senior Chief, SEAL Team 16. He’s married to Teri.
Teri Howe: Navy reserves, Lieutenant (jg),helicopter pilot. She’s married to Stan.
Kate Takamoto: Navy Lieutenant.
Max Bhagat: Head of the FBI Counterterrorism Unit.
Gina Vitagliano: College student/drummer on a European trip with her school band mates who was assaulted during the hijacking of her plane home from Greece. Max was the negotiator who created a strong bond with her.
Jules Cassidy: FBI agent in the Counterterrorism Unit. Alyssa Locke's partner.
Laronda: Max's assistant.
George Faulkner: FBI Agent and the son of Rose’s friend.
Molly Anderson: Works in a religious mission in Indonesia.
Dave Jones/Grady Morant: American expatriate who lives alone in Indonesia near Molly's mission. He owns a plane and is a former Special Forces member and prisoner of war, now on the FBI most wanted list.
Larry Tucker: Rear admiral and base commander.
Laurel Tucker: Tucker’s wife.
Morton (Chip) Crowley: Admiral and commander of Navy Special Warfare Command.
Ihbraham Rahman: Gardener and Mary Lou's friend.
Ric Alvarado: Tampa police detective.
Manuel Conseco: FBI special agent in charge of the Sarasota office.
Will Schroeder: Reporter.
Non Recurring Characters
Dimitri Ghaffari: Sophia's husband who was murdered by Bashir.
Padsha Bashir: Warlord in Kazbekistan.
Ma'awiya Talal Sayid: Al-Qaeda leader killed in the earthquake at Kazbekistan.
Khalid: Young boy hired to help the operatives.
Rivka: Jimmy's long-time contact who is housing the team.
Guldana: Rivka's wife, a lawyer.
Michel Lartet: French ex-patriot who ran an illegal bar and gambling casino from the basements of his various properties in Kazbekistan.
Gus Mondelay: Informant.
Asif: Lartet's messenger, a street kid.
Leo: Known as Leo the Claw. One of Jimmy's Kazbekistan contacts who tried to double cross him.
Brian Underwood: Agency manager.
Marge: Khalid's gelding
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